Poultry coop



Sept 29; 1925,

s. s. BARKER POULTRY COOP Filed Jan. 12, 1925 .dvwrziar- I d: .fikder Mi/omgv I i 1.. 4 1 ,iinialit/i E 1? Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

SETH s. BARKER, or OTTUMWA, IOWA.

POULTRY COOP.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be itknownthat I, SETH S. BARKnR,a citizen of, the United States, residing at Gttumwa, in the county of Wapello and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Poultry Coop, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a poultry coop of simple, durable and comparatively inexpensive construction.

More particularly, my invention relates to a poultry coop adapted to be made in sections, which can be readily and easily assembled together for forming a complete coop;

Still a further object is to provide a poultry'coop, especially adapted to be positioned upon the runningv board of an automobile, and to have two decks therein, each deck or compartment being accessible to, through a sliding door, the door of one compartment sliding over the door of the other compartment when moved to open position. I

wah these and other ob ects, in view, my invention c'onslsts 1n the construction, ar-

/ rangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter morefully set forth, pointed out in my claims,

. and illustrated in'the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective View of my im- ;proved poultry coop.

Figure 2' is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1, showing how the bottoms are .supported within the wire frame coop. Figure 3 is a'detail, sectional view taken on line 33'of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail, sectional view taken on line 4-4 of F igure 1; and

*Figure 5 is a detail, sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Figure 1 showing a sectional view through one of the end walls of the coop.

In the accompanying drawings, I have referred to the front wall, back wall and top, as the unit A.

The front wall 10, the back wall 11 and the top 12, which form the unit A, are made in a flat position, and are folded after the various strands of wire are connected together to form the three walls.

The unit A consists of a number of comr parativelyheavy strands of cross wires 13,

Application filed January 12, 1925. Serial No. 1,887.

which are formed with hooks 14 at their outer ends.

Near the two ends of the various cross wires 13 are similar wires 15 which extend at right angles to the cross wires 13, and serve to form the frame for maintaining the entire unit A in proper position.

A pair of wires 16 are connected to the cross wires 13 at right angles thereto near the-center of the wires 18, which serve as a bracing feature as 'well as means for supporting the doors for the coop, as will here inafter be more fully set forth.

A number of comparatively light wires 17 are spotwelded to the cross wires 13 at spaced intervals, as clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.

The front wall 10 between the two wires 16 is not formed with any of the wire 17, and this open space serves as a door opening into the coop itself, as will hereinaften be more fully set forth.

Slidably mounted upon the two wires 16 in the front wall 10 are the upper and lower doors 18 and 19, respectively.

The doors 18 and 19 are formed by providing two spaced horizontal cross wires 20, which have their ends looped around the wires 16 for permitting them to slide thereon vertical strands of wire 21. The doors 18 and 19 overlap each other somewhat, as

. clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawings,

The wires 20 are connected together by A lower cross wire 25 is spot welded to the inturned portions 23 for completing the fourth side of the end walls B.

Vertical strands of wire 26 are connected to the horizontal portion of the wire 22 and to the wire 25,

A second wire 27 extends parallel to the wire 25, and is fixed to the inner ends of the inturned portions 23, as clearly shown 1n Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings.

A cross wire 28 is connected to the upturned ends 24'of the wire 22, and spaced directly above the wire 27.

A bottom 29, preferably formed of wood, is received between the lower ends'of the front and back walls of the unit A, and are received between the wires 27 and 28of the end walls B wherein the bottom 29 is retained in proper position within the assembled coop. 1

Each of the cross wires 13 have their hooked ends 14 extended around the wire 22 of the end walls B. The hooked ends 14 are not closed until after the bottom 29 is in place. a I

1 bottom 30, which divides the coopinto two compartments is also positioned within the coop before the hooked ends 14 of the wires 13 are closed.

In order to position the bottom 13 within thecoop, I provide a pair of spaced wires 31 and 32 on the end walls B.

The wire 31 is positioned above the bottom 30 and is fixed to the vertical wires 26, and to the vertical sides of the wire 22.

The wire 31 is formed with a pair of inturned U-shaped portions 33 which limit an% upward movement of the bottom 30.

he lower wire 32 is fixed to the vertical portions of the wire 22 and is formed with an inturned portion which serves as a support for the bottom 30.

The inturned portion of the wire 32, is clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, artly in solid lines and partly in dotted mes."

From the construction of the parts just described, it will be seen that the wires 31 and 32 form receiving pockets for supporting the bottom 30.

The bottoms 29 and 30, when positioned within the coop, andafter thehooked ends 14 are engaged around the wires 22, the coop will be rigid and capable of withstandin the ordinary usageto which coops of this kind are subjected.

The lower door 21 will of course remain in closed position on its own account, however, it is necessary to retain the upper door 18 in closed position, and in order to do so, I provide a hook 34 which extends around one of the cross wires 13 and is adaptedto engage the cross wire 20 of the door 18. v

One of the advantages of my coop resides in the fact that a great number of them can be shipped in nested position, that is, the front, back and top wall, which is manufactured in a unit can be positioned within another unit whereby a minimum amount of space is required for shipping and storing a number of coops.

Thevcoops can be uickly and easily assembled by inserting the two bottoms 29 and 30 in their respective positions relative to the end walls B, and thereafter extending around the same unit A. I I

When the hooked ends 14 of the unit A are in closed position, then the coop is completely assembled ready for use.

The coop can be manufactured and marketedat a low cost due to the fact that the major portion thereof is manufactured of long strands of wire in a fiat position and thereafter bent to form the various walls re uired.

t maybe here mentioned that b using long continuous strands of wire for orming the front, back and side wall, I get a greater amount of strength than if one piece were used and spot welded to the various cross wires, which make up the frames for the various walls.

Some changes may be made in the construction ant arrangement of the various parts of my invention, without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention: I

1. A poultry coop comprising a front,

back and top wall made as a single unit, end walls, means on said front and back walls for connecting the end walls therebetween, a pair of spaced bottoms adapted to be supported on said end walls for forming the coop into two compartments, a door opening in the frontwall of said coop, a pair of slidable doors for the door opening, one for each compartment,the doors being slidable one over the other as and for the purposes stated. I Y v 2. A poultry eoopfcomprisin afront, back and top wall made as a single unit, end walls, means on said front and back walls for connecting the end walls therebetween, a pair of spaced bottoms adapted to be supported on said end walls for forming the coop into two'compartments, spaced wires on the front wall,the space between said wires forming a door opening leading into each of the two compartments, a-door for each compartment, slidably mounted upon said spaced wires, the bottom of one door and the top of the other door overlapping each other for permitting them to slide to position where one will completely overlap the other.

3. A poultry coop comprising a front, back and top wall made as a single unit, end walls, means on said front and back walls for connecting the end walls therebetween, a pair of spaced bottoms adapted to be su ported on said end walls for forming t e coop into two compartments, spaced wires on the front wall, the space between said wires forming a door opening leading into each of the two compartments, a door for each compartment slidabliy mounted upon said spaced Wires, the bottom of one door and the top of the other door overlapping each other for permitting them to slide to position where one will completely overlap the other and a latch for normally holding one of said doors in its closed position.

4. A poultry coop comprising a front, back and top wall made as a single unit, said unit including a number of spaced cross wires, loops formed on the ends of said cross Wires, wire strands secured to said cross wires at right angles thereto, a pair of end walls adapted to fit in between the front and back walls of said unit, the loops of said cross wires engaging around portions of said end walls for rigidly maintaining the form and shape of the assembled coop, a bottom in said coop supported by said end Walls near the bottom ends thereof, said front wall having a door opening and a pair of slidable doors for said door opening.

5. A poultry coop comprising a front, back and top Wall made as a single unit, said unit including a number of spaced cross wires, loops formed on the ends of said cross wires, wire strands secured to said cross wires at right angles thereto, a pair of end walls adapted to fit in between the front and back walls of said unit, the loops of said cross wires engaging around portions of said end Walls for rigidly maintaining the form and shape of the assembled coop, a bottom in said coop supported by said end walls near the bottom ends thereof, a second bottom supported by said end walls above the first bottom for dividing the coop into two compartments and a pair of doors slidable one over the other for gaining access into the compartments of said coop, latch means for one of said doors.

Des Moines, Iowa, November 28, 1924.

SETH S. BARKER. 

